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The most nettlesome amendment that Trudeau has in mind for the constitution is a U.S.-style "Charter of Rights" that would take precedence over any bills of rights enacted by the individual provinces. Among other freedoms, the charter would guarantee minority-language education. In Canada, education is almost entirely a...
Underclassmen without impressive salaries, however, carry little clout with the nationally accepted credit-card companies. Yet some retail stores (Sears, for example) don't have minimum-income requirements. "The only real provision is an adequate income--not necessarily a job--to make payments," Stealy says.
Barry's spokesman agrees, saying that under the Amendment, Congress still controls the District. Because statehood would not have to go through the state legislatures, moreover, it is an easier process. "There is no constitutional provision for unstating a state, but Congress can take away home rule any time," Mason...
Political expediency is Miller's chief defense for Johnson's countless votes against anti-lynching and anti-discrimination bills. He writes, "But whatever his interest in the welfare of the Black people and Mexican-Americans, Lyndon knew that in Texas you did not translate that into legislation...So whenever a...
Last week Fedorenko's case was before the Supreme Court, and the outcome will determine much more than where an aging widower lives out his final years. The law says that citizenship can be revoked if the immigrant concealed a "material fact" when he applied for it. This provision...